The company and the union are engaged in a 'war of nerves', with each side threatening the other.
Something she said to him must have 'hit/struck/touched a nerve'. I've never seen him so angry.
“After making the mess, he didn't even offer to help clean it up.” “What (a) 'nerve'!”
(..) Hi. Liang, right? Remember me? Xiao-Mei lives with me. You came over. We had lunch. You got some nerve showing your face here. Get out. What happened to that famous chinese hospitality? Xiao-Mei called me. (..)2006 TvShow: Desperate Housewives Title: Listen to the Rain on the Roof Season: 3 Episode 1